Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I know I did. Time to get onto other things. I have birthdays coming up in the new year so I needed to make a birthday card. I'm here to share my second project of the month for Red Rubber Designs . For a birthday card I chose to use Mama Like . It has a bunch of sentiments that goes with it. Really a fun one! I stamped then colored her with Copics, airbrushed the background with blue and pink. She turned out really great!

There's a little contest going on to win the new Holiday Stamp Of Approval kit from Catherine Pooler coming in January. It's easy just create a card with the stamps from the kit and there are a few die cuts as well. Then post it HERE . So here is mine. I used two of the stamps sets on this one Bright Baubles from Neat and Tangled found here . Voting starts 6pm eastern today Sunday so pease go vote for me I'm Number 102!!! Thanks. You have til December 22nd midnight eastern time to get your votes in. Winners will be announced December 23rd. One random and two who get top votes! I could win the new Stamp of Approval kit in January!!!
Also If you haven't yet you can get on the wait list for the next kit! Thank you for voting!!

I made this card for National Hot Cocoa Day! I'm also entering this in the Holiday Coffee Lovers blog hop. Have you entered a card yet? They are giving away lots of great prizes!!! 49 to be exact! So here is my entry using these adorable Purple Onion Designs stamps featuring Louis and Cocoa Stand. If you'd like to see all the entries or make a card for this challenge go check it out HERE .

I first used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position and stamp the 2 images side by side using Memento black ink. Then colored with Copics. Then I masked off images and airbrushed the sky. added snow with white gel pen. DP is from Photoplay Dear Santa, twine and bling from stash.

I decided to play over at the Coffee lovers blog hop today. Have you entered a card yet? There are lots of prizes to be given away! So I am using this sweet little fox with a coffee cup from Lawn Fawn called Winter Fox found HERE . The DP is Fresh Pink Studio Christmas Wishes found HERE . Sequins and stitched Border Die from Pretty Pink Posh found HERE . Colored with Copics.

I've got a sneak peak for you today. If you want to see the rest of this card and how I created it and where to purchase the stamps go on over to the Red Rubber Designs blog and check it out! Thanks for stopping by today!

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend eating and or shopping! I did both! Today I am back with my second post for the month with Red Rubber Designs . Aren't these little mice adorable?? They are having fun decking the halls! I made this card larger than usual because I wanted to get a least 3 of the mice on the card. There is a 4th and 5 image as well and 2 sentiments. This set is called Havin A Ball and can be found here . It's a great deal for this set! Go check it out! I first stamps each mouse onto Copic paper then die cut each with a stitched circle , colored them with Copics and backed with glitter paper. I used Wow Mistletoe magic embossing powder on the sentiment backing it with black and white stripe printed vellum and stapled it around some silver twine. DP is from Photoplay Dear Santa polka dot paper I die cut with a stitched border die. I added a little liquid appliqué on their hats and some diamond stickles on the balls for sparkle and a bit of bling.

Happy Friday! Today I am sharing a card with stamps I made from The Rubber Cafe. I bought this set a few months ago at a scrapbook convention. I have never used their stamps before and I really like them. This cute little elf has gotten into some trouble! Don't tell me you've never thought of trying this in the winter as a kid? The set is called Santa's Workshop and the DP is from Photoplay called Dear Santa. I added a bit of vellum with a star punch on the side and some liquid appliqué for snow. Ink is from Hero Arts. Die cut snowflake from Casual Fridays stamps part of Catherine Poolers holiday collection. Colored with Copics.

Well I haven't posted in a little while, but I'm back! Today it is snowing here in Prescott, Az! Cold out there. So... Here's my card today and it's all about coffee!! I used this adorable stamp set from Your Next Stamp called Perk Up and the die Coffee found here. The paper is from American Crafts Hot Cocoa. Other dies I used are Stitched Duo 1 from Pretty Pink Posh and Star Scribbles die from Papertrey Ink. Colored with Copics of course and added a bit of twine and a few tiny die stars and hearts from Neat & Tangled little bits .

Today I am hosting day 15 of Hope You Can Cling To over at Splitcoast Stampers. My challenge is to stretch your clear stamps and use the BACKS only to create something new! I know this is a hard one but a fun challenge. I decided to use a clear set from Lawn Fawn found HERE . I used the circles for balloons and the corner piece for an arrow. I also used Cheers to make a birthday sentiment. Come on over and join in on the fun! You can find out about all the rules for the challenges this month and where to send the cards. You can view the challenge HERE .

Today I'm sharing another Red Rubber Designs project featuring Witch Legs . I only used 2 of the images from this set, the set of legs and the chandelier. I watercolored the background with Colorburst Orange and Lemon Yellow, let it dry and die cut it. First I stamped the Witch Legs in the right corner and embossed with black fine embossing powder. Then I used Happily Grateful and stamped the leaves in black and added Gift For You just the curly Q swirls, then the sentiment I used Joyful Notes I just used the You from thankful for You and embossed it in black and added sticky letters for Boo to. The Chandelier is colored with distress markers and die cut and added last. I love how this spooky card came out. Dig out your stamps and try using them differently than what they are intended for. A great way to stretch them!

Just a reminder of the October Progressive Sale going on right now over at Red Rubber Designs. Every week the sale gets better so hurry on over to get the best selection now!

It's my turn up today on the Red Rubber Inspirations blog and if you would like to see the whole project you will have to go over to the Red Rubber Inspirations blog to see the whole project. There is also a progressive sale going on so hop on over to check out those details and do a little shopping!!

I'm here to share another stamp image from Red Rubber Designs . This is a fairly new image called Dreaming . This is such a detailed image. Really beautiful. I decided to emboss it in sparkly black embossing powder and use a die cut to frame it. I used just black, grey and white and added a steampunk twist with the gears. The sentiment is from Joyful Notes .

I wanted to share a couple of cards I made recently for two family members. I made the Minnie card for my husband's great niece and the Mickey I made into a shaker card for her little boy. They just loved them. She works for Disney travel so I knew she would love it. I purchased this stamp set from Sassy Cheryl quite a while back for 5 bucks! She was clearing them out. So I don't think it's available anymore. I used a few die cuts on these. I love the stitched speech bubble from My Favorite Things and the Happy is from Hero Arts. Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh! I colored them with Copics. Enjoy.

I have a card to share that I made using some fun stamps from Red Rubber Designs . I used a bunch of sets for this one, some I used just one stamp from the sets. This card features Buggy Postage for the main part of the card and the sentiment is from Say Hello . Then I added the little flower clusters from Japanese Greeting. The front of the card around frame has a hello stamp from Joyful Notes and the two little flowers in front are from Japanese Thank You . So there you have it! You can check out all the new arrivals HERE and shipping is fast and free with a qualifying order over $50. The Spotlight Stamp is 40% off with any order. So go do some shopping! And no summer isn't over yet!

It's my turn up on the Red Rubber Inspirations blog today and I'm only giving a sneak peek at my project here on my blog. You will have to go over to the Red Rubber Inspirations blog to see it! So go check it out, leave a comment on what you think and do some shopping in the Red Rubber Shop . You can also check out what new HERE . So here's a little sneak peek of my project!

I'm back today with a Christmas card I made featuring Red Rubber Designs . It really feels very contemporary with those trees and sparkly embossing powder! This set is called Noel Rubber Stamp set and it comes with the tree and three nice sentiments! You have to check it out. Also check out the Spotlight Stamp. You can get this one for 40% off with any purchase while it lasts! Purchase $50 and shipping is FREE and fast!! Have you started your Christmas cards yet! This is my first one! You should also check out the New Arrivals section. There's always something new there! This card was so easy to make. I'd say it's a 10 minute one. I stamped the tree three times with VersaMark ink then embossed with blues and white embossing powder. Then I stamped the sentiment and embossed with gold embossing powder. I then cut the paper in 2 uneven sections and added the bow and bling backing it on shiny gold paper. Done!

Well I'm finally getting around to posting something I colored today. It's taken me all day between doing other stuff like organizing my crafty room, especially all the paper! I've had this image stamped and die cut for a while staring at me and I want to play over at Unity for the Friday Friends with Flair challenge. To play you need to use a Unity image, link it to their blog and then comment on everyone's projects. Here's my entry called Sense Of Wonder:

I've had this Stampendous Dragonfly kites image for a while and finally colored it and made a card. I just love these sweet little mice with their dragonfly kites. The sentiment is Hero Arts, dies: Big Stitched/Pierced Rectangles and Stitched Circles are By DIE Zyne, Twine The Twinery, Enamel dots MME. Background sky airbrushed with Copic Airbrush. Enjoy!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! We have had such nice weather where I live here in Arizona. Today I'm sharing a card I watercolored with the new Zig clean color Real Brush pens. I Stamped this background image from The Ton Couture clear stamps found Here with black StazOn ink. You need to use this ink so it won't run. I used Moulin du Roy cold press watercolor paper. Here's my finished card. Zigs take a little practice but they were fun. The Sentiment is from The Ton also.

I wanted to share this card I made for Father's Day using Old Truck-TM1170 found HERE . I used Copics to color it making it look real rusty! Then I airbrushed the sky and grass area. My father passed away about 3 years ago so I will take the sentiment off and use as a masculine birthday card for my stash. The sentiment is from Contemporary Greetings-T3505 found HERE This is a fabulous image to color. I hope you will stop by the shop at Red Rubber Designs Shop HERE and there are 5 new stamps found HERE and the spotlight stamp Be Fabulous is 40% off with any purchase while supplies last found HERE . So go check it out!

I'm back again today with a summer beach card. I'm playing over at Splitcoast Stampers in today's Free for all challenge #277 which is Use the letters JUNE and create a card. I started with a white piece of card stock and put 3 colors of Distress ink on a craft sheet. I used fossilized amber, ripe persimmon and mermaid lagoon. Spritzed with water and laid card stock in blue first, then one corner Fossilized amber then another corner ripe persimmon. I let the card stock dry then stamped images. I love the way it came out. This is not my usual style was very fun! J-jute, U-underwear, N-nautical, E-embellishments. I think that works!

Today It's my turn to share a project on the Red Rubber Inspirationals blog . Just a sneak peak here on my blog. You have to go over to Red Rubber Inspirationals to see a full view and see how I created it. You can find the stamp I used HERE . Please stop by the Red Rubber Inspirational blog and do a little shopping!

Well I finally got back into the craft room to create a card! I have so many new stamps so I decided to use this flower stamp from Technique Tuesday Greenhouse Society. I always need Birthday cards for my stash and flowers are always a good choice! DP is an older paper collection from MME The Sweetest Thing Honey, die cuts are Sizzix banners, By DieZyne Stitched Circles, Spellbinders Blossom Three, twine stash and colored with Copics.

Sorry I haven't been posting much, have had some construction done at home and no time to make cards! But I'm back to it now and this week I'm hosting over at Red Rubber Inspirationals #220 theme is Sassy Women. Come on I know you know some or even it might be you! So here is my sample using Live Simply TM3481 found HERE . I think she is very sassy! I decided to make a step card for this one and adding my favorite paper! A few die cut and a little ribbon and bling and it's done! So why don't you come play along in our Inspirational this week with your stamps and show us some sassy women! Check out the store as well there are some new stamps HERE . The spotlight stamp is 40% off with any order HERE . Spend $50 and shipping is free and fast!

Today Is the start of a new Red Rubber Inspirationals #219 Give Thanks. It's Lynda's turn to host but I am playing along as well. I have been wanting to use this sweet little Japanese Thank You set. I stamped her and umbrella on Copic paper, colored her and fussy cut out. Then used my favorite paper Graphic45 Bird Song an older collection and used a bunch of circles to make my layout. The stitched circles are By DIEzyne C.C. Designs BDZ003. I really love how it came out. Go check out the store HERE there are new stamps and you can purchase the spotlight stamp for 40% off with any purchase and spend $50 and shipping is free!! They will usually send out your order same day so shipping is fast!! So here is my thank you card:

I'm participating in Melissa's Red Rubber Inspirational #217 Spring Birthday that starts today. You can find it HERE. I chose to make a Spring Birthday card for a female. I used 1920's Collage and Savvy Sayings to create my card. It's long and skinny measuring 4X8 1/2. Added some twine, swirls, wash tape and punched out a few leaves. Colored with Copics.

About Me

I am a paper artist and stamper whose specialty is card making. I'm Copic certified and have been fortunate to have some of my work published. I've made so many friends out there while blogging and searching for great inspiration. I love sharing my work. I hope you can find some inspiration here.

FTC Disclosure

As of December 1, 2009, new FTC guidelines went into effect requiring me to say that I serve on a/several design team(s) and participate on various social media sites where I post projects containing components I have received for free, have been compensated for or received perks in return for posts on this blog.